Netherlands.
How Netherlands sells residence for investors (golden visa): 1 residence programme, now closed. Every number and rule below links to the document it comes from.
9 documents and articles behind this page, listed at the bottom.
Residence
Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later. Netherlands: 1 residence programme, now closed; 3 numbers, 17 prices and rules. Every country's residence programmes
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No investor shortcut to citizenship: the normal rules (5 years) apply.
- Status
- Lowest price when it closed
- Last change
Residence for wealthy foreigners
Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later.
Citizenship. No investor shortcut to citizenship: the normal rules (5 years) apply. (from the research notes below)
Official name: Verblijfsregeling vermogende vreemdeling / buitenlandse investeerder (Dutch residence scheme for wealthy foreigners or foreign investors)
Price at closure (17 Apr 2024): EUR 1,250,000 invested in an innovative Dutch company or SEED fund.
Notes from the research
Art. 3.29a Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000 (Modern Migration Policy, in force 1 Oct 2013) and Vreemdelingencirculaire B11/2.2: temporary residence permit for investing at least EUR 1,250,000 in an innovative Dutch company or SEED fund, with added value tested by RVO and an FIU check. Fewer than ten permits were ever issued. Abolition decided 11 Jan 2021; abolished from 17 Apr 2024 by Staatsblad 2024, 83 (not 1 Jan 2024). Existing permits keep their validity and can be renewed. Normal naturalisation rules (5 years) apply.
Prices and rules
What is measured
- Golden visas issued2
- Applications approved1
What we know is missing
- No yearly figures at all for applications or people let in or money raised.
A gap means no figure is in our data: either it was never published or we haven't found or read it yet. Charts leave gaps open rather than drawing across them.
All the numbers we have for Netherlands
3 numbers about Netherlands's residence programmes. Pick a programme and what you want to see. Each dot is one number from one document; click anything to open its source.
What happened, and when
The 9 documents behind this page
- 2024-04 · Law or regulationBesluit van 9 april 2024 tot wijziging van het Besluit inburgering 2021, het Besluit uitvoering Wet arbeid vreemdelingen 2022 en het Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000 in verband met de afschaffing van de verblijfsgrond voor vermogende vreemdelingen en andere aanpassingen (Staatsblad 2024, 83) · Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (officielebekendmakingen.nl)
- 2024-04 · Law or regulationBesluit van de Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid van 24 april 2024 tot wijziging van de Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 (WBV 2024/...), paragraph B11/2.2 Vermogende vreemdeling (buitenlandse investeerder) (Staatscourant 2024, 13488) · Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (officielebekendmakingen.nl)
- 2022-03 · European UnionEuropean Parliament resolution of 9 March 2022 with proposals to the Commission on citizenship and residence by investment schemes (2021/2026(INL)), P9_TA(2022)0065 · European Parliament (Official Journal C 347, 9.9.2022, p. 97)
- 2021-10 · European UnionAvenues for EU action on citizenship and residence by investment schemes: European added value assessment (PE 694.217) · European Parliamentary Research Service (European Added Value Unit)
- 2021-01 · GovernmentKamerstuk 30 573, nr. 182: Brief van de Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (Migratiebeleid), 11 januari 2021 · Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
- 2019-11 · GovernmentAanhangsel Handelingen II 2019/20, nr. 867: antwoorden op vragen van de leden Groothuizen, Den Boer en Verhoeven over paspoorthandel op Malta (ontvangen 28 november 2019) · Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
- 2019-01 · European UnionCommission Staff Working Document accompanying the Report on Investor Citizenship and Residence Schemes in the European Union, SWD(2019) 5 final · European Commission
- 2018-10 · Non-profitEuropean Getaway: Inside the Murky World of Golden Visas · Transparency International and Global Witness
- 2017-08 · GovernmentInterim Evaluation of the Immigrant Investor Programme ('IIP') · Department of Justice and Equality (IGEES unit)
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